Ford Smith vs. Ed Stauffer — Career Comparison

Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ed Stauffer
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ford Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Stauffer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 5.85 and 1.887 for Ed Stauffer. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ford Smith and Ed Stauffer

Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
5.85
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.85
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
10.86
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.12
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
3.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.083
1.083
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
42.59
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.78
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.68
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.887
1.887
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
36.46
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.59
42.59

Fielding Stats for Ford Smith and Ed Stauffer

Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.29
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1128
27
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
9
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.34
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.191
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ford Smith and Ed Stauffer

Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
3150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
600
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
547.67
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
129.07
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
90.7
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
34.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Ed Stauffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
80.23
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
43.44
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.47
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Stauffer
Career
Per 600 PA